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Hungarian Braille
Type	alphabet
Languages	Hungarian
Parent systems	Braille Hungarian Braille
Print basis	Hungarian alphabet

The braille alphabet used to write Hungarian is based on the international norm for the 26 basic letters of the Latin script. However, the letters for q and z have been replaced, to increase the symmetry of the accented letters of the Hungarian alphabet, which are largely innovative to Hungarian braille.

Alphabet

The Hungarian alphabet is:

A Á B C Cs D Dz Dzs E É F G Gy H I Í J K L Ly M N Ny O Ó Ö Ő P (Q) R S Sz T Ty U Ú Ü Ű V (W) (X) (Y) Z Zs

The letters that conform to traditional braille are:

40px a

40px b

40px c

40px d

40px e

40px f

40px g

40px h

40px i

40px j

40px k

40px l

40px m

40px n

40px o

40px p

40px r

40px s

40px t

40px u

40px v

40px w

40px x

40px y

The accented vowel letters are derived from their base letters through stretching or reflection as follows. The traditional letter for q (which is not part of the basic Hungarian alphabet) has been reassigned to ö, and an unused pattern has been assigned to ü:

	40px a	40px e	40px i	40px o	40px ö	40px u	40px ü	40px q
40px ä	40px á	40px é	40px í	40px ó	40px ő	40px ú	40px ű

This creates the following symmetrical pattern for the umlauted vowels:

40px ö	40px ő
40px ü	40px ű

(Ä is not part of the basic Hungarian alphabet.)

The consonant digraphs are derived from their base letters as follows. The traditional letter for z has been replaced, and is used for a parenthesis. As with the accented vowels, the majority of digraphs are created through reflection:

40px c	40px g	40px l	40px n	40px t	40px s	40px z
40px cs	40px gy	40px ly	40px ny	40px ty	40px sz	40px zs
40px40px ccs	40px40px ggy	40px40px lly	40px40px nny	40px40px tty	40px40px ssz	40px40px zzs

This creates the following pattern among the sibilants:

40px s	40px sz
40px z	40px zs

Punctuation

Unlike English or French Braille, Hungarian Braille has separate opening and closing symbols for both parentheses and quotation marks.

40px ,

40px .

40px  ;

40px  :

40px -

40px40px '

40px  ?

40px  !

40px40px40px „     ”

40px40px40px (     )

40px40px /

Mathematics and computer notation

40px number sign (#)	40px40px Dollar sign ($)	40px40px40px percent sign (%)	40px40px ampersant (&)	40px plus sign (+)	40px asterisk / multiplication sign (*)
40px40px division sign (/)	40px equality sign (=)	40px at sign (@)	40px backslash (\)	40px40px caret (^)	40px40px underscore (_)
40px `	40px40px tilde / similarity sign (~)	40px40px paragraph sign (§)	40px40px euro (€)	40px40px bullet sign (•)	40px40px degree (°)

Roman Numerals

the roman numerals use the capital letters of i, v, x, l, c, m

40px40px I	40px40px40px40px II	40px40px40px40px40px III	40px40px40px40px IV	40px40px V
40px40px40px40px VI	40px40px40px40px40px VII	40px40px40px40px40px40px VIII	40px40px40px40px IX	40px40px X
40px40px40px40px XI	40px40px40px40px XX	40px40px40px40px40px XXI	40px40px40px40px40px XXX	40px40px40px40px40px40px XXXI
40px40px40px40px XL	40px40px40px40px40px XLI	40px40px L	40px40px40px40px LI	40px40px40px40px LX
40px40px40px40px40px LXI	40px40px C	40px40px40px40px CI	40px40px M	40px40px40px40px MI

Formatting

40px (num.)

40px (caps)

References

ja:ハンガリー語の点字